De La Hoya overrated!!!

[kericuss]

You're silly. Look at the clip of the first-round hook. His head snaps back. If you take a dive you DON'T do it like that. You take a grazer to the temple and go down.

LOL...not Mayorga. The guy lets u get clean shots on him in the midst of the fight! look at the fight. did he even try to avoid any of the punches DLH threw? or try to throw any of his own? when he took his robe off his body was completely dry(not warmed up at all). for Mayorga that could have been a career defining win, and ur not warmed up b4 the fight. what the hell were u doing in the lockeroom? checking ur bank account to see if DLH transferred the funds to his account...lol

[Slotff]

Ricardo Mayorga
Fernando Vargas
Arturo Gatti
Luis Ramon 'Yory Boy' Campas
Derrell Colley
Javier Castillejo
And these are good fighters by whose standards? Mayorga beat Forrest and Six heads Lews. Vargas was gifted against Winky. the other names on there are people who was perfect for DLH. Stand in front and slug it out with him. If those are the only names u can come up with in 7 yrs then that proves my point. Yori Boy Campas---yea right!

I don't understand why Mayorga beating Forrest (twice) doesn't make him good opposition. Mayorga was the world champion who had whooped Forrest twice. Yory Boy Campas rocked Felix Trinidad and fought him closely (albeit until being knocked out). Vargas beat Wright. The books have it as an L for Wright. Vargas beat Wright. And Besides, why are you looking for De La Hoya's best proformances here post 2000? Thats just ******. Its obvious that his best years are past him, no one is denying that. No one is even rating him THAT highly. No one is saying he is pound-for-pound best. He isn't even on Boxrec's 25 P4P. He is good though. And he will beat Floyd Mayweather.

[-Antonio-]

LOL at thinking Mayorga took a dive.

[kericuss]

I don't understand why Mayorga beating Forrest (twice) doesn't make him good opposition. Mayorga was the world champion who had whooped Forrest twice. Yory Boy Campas rocked Felix Trinidad and fought him closely (albeit until being knocked out). Vargas beat Wright. The books have it as an L for Wright. Vargas beat Wright. And Besides, why are you looking for De La Hoya's best proformances here post 2000? Thats just ******. Its obvious that his best years are past him, no one is denying that. No one is even rating him THAT highly. No one is saying he is pound-for-pound best. He isn't even on Boxrec's 25 P4P. He is good though. And he will beat Floyd Mayweather.

what evidence have u seen from DLH in the past 7 yrs(which is why i said post 2000) that makes u think he will beat PBF? answer me this...in the first Mosely fight, early on Mosely was moving side to side and DLH was evenclose. mid rds was when he stopped moving and DLH started throwing those "swing but dont hit anything flurries" and was getting credit for inflicting damage and not even landing. late rds Mosely started to box again and that was when the fight was over. If PBF stand there and tries to slug it out like Mosely did in their 2nd fight, he stands a better chance of losing. but if he boxes(which im sure he will) it will be a long night for DLH. but im not trainer or expet in this game, its just my opinion

[kericuss]

LOL at thinking Mayorga took a dive.

yea mayorga did a double layout with a cork screw spin off the 10meter platform in that fight...lol

[-Antonio-]

He got hit with a punch he didnt see and those are always the ones that hurt you the most. Im pretty sure he knew he was ****ed after that.

[Easy-E]

de lay hoya is NOT overrated.

[brently1979]

yea mayorga did a double layout with a cork screw spin off the 10meter platform in that fight...lol

Your making a fool of yourself. You just need to be better informed about boxing. Who on this site is claiming DLH to the greatest?

[Southpaw16]

i've been saying this for awhile now. sure he was good, very good at times but like you said he came up short (or should of whittaker, quartey, and sturm) in every mega fight.

This is being biased. Your saying he should have came up short against Whitaker, Quartey, and Sturm, but you have not mentioned that he should definitely have a win against Trinidad in their first fight, and probably should have a win against Mosely in their second fight. It is very unfair to take all of a fighter's close fights and say he should have lost them. In my opinion he should have lost to Sturm, but I agree with him getting the decisions against Whitaker and Quartey. I definately don't agree with the Trinidad loss and I also think he beat Mosely the second time.

De La Hoya has a lot of very impressive wins. He isn't as far past his peak as many think. I think that in the past 5 years the Sturm fight is the only one where he looked really bad. All of his other recent fights in my opinion he has been impressive in. The Sturm fight he was in embarassing physical condition.

[brently1979]

The Sturm fight he was in embarassing physical condition.

I doubt he even trained for the sturn fight. He weighed in wearing a sleeveless shirt.